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Benvenide Abravanel: A Woman of Nobility and Altruism
Despite 200 years of Jewish persecution in the Iberian Peninsula, several generations of the Abravanel family flourished with Torah scholarship, wealth, and influence…
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Flora Sassoon: India’s Scholar and Businesswoman
Bombay — present-day Mumbai — was a bustling, growing home to many distinct Jewish communities in the year 1856, when Flora Sassoon was born there…
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Adele, Daughter of the Illustrious Baal Shem Tov
Adele was at her father’s side from the beginning of his public work, and remained so throughout his life…
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Lydia Kess, One of Wall Street’s First Female Lawyers
Brooklyn-born Lydia Kess unquestionably marked the history of redefining women’s roles and capabilities….
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Dona Gracia Nasi: The Angel of the Inquisition
Little is known about Dona Gracia, a woman thousands of conversos and persecuted Jews called by no other name than ‘Our Angel’
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Beruria: A Scholarly Woman Before Her Time
It is rare that we find the name of a woman mentioned in the Talmud. Beruria was one such exception…
